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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants. King. The merchants request that the King by his letters order the seneschals...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/276/13773
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/276/13773
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-? c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request that the King by his letters order the seneschals of Gascony and Agenais, the mayor of Bordeaux and the jurats of the community that all casks of wine be made of the correct measure of England.
- Nature of endorsement
- It should be ordered by writ of Chancery to the seneschals of Gascony and Agenais and mayor of Bordeaux to order throughout the duchy that casks should be made to the correct measure.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Agenais, [Guyenne, France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively by the handwriting to the first half of the fourteenth century.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517720/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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